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Im sorry to hear that you had bad experiences in Canada. However your personal story is effectively one data point and not necessarily representative of a good
by mikecsh 11y ago
Im sorry to hear that you had bad experiences in Canada. However your personal story is effectively one data point and not necessarily representative of a good comparison between healthcare systems. This analysis is a pretty good overall analysis of the quality, efficacy and safety of different healthcare systems. That’s not to say that just because the US is worse overall that it doesn’t perform better in a subset of medicine, in your case, mental health. But no matter what your own personal situation, you have effectively moved from a bad system to a worse system (even though it has been good for your family personally).
The original posts point which you quoted is that the US health system is Fd and everyone knows it. The analysis presented here supports that. The US spends a lot more per capita on healthcare with worse outcomes and less people having access to healthcare. I’m very glad your move has has worked out for you.
(UK Medical Student)
- Spooky23 11y agoIf you have good insurance, I can't imagine the US not being top of the heap. I had an injury that resulted in a spinal fusion and other surgery at 25. Total out of pocket cost for about $250k of care and full recovery was about $500. That included second opinion visits to top doctors in Boston & NYC. If you're on limited network Obamacare with high deductibles and HMO bullshit, good luck.
- clamprecht 11y agoThere are no individual PPO plans for my area (Austin, Texas), so I was stuck with HMO for 2016. This applies to about 330,000 people in Texas who had their individual PPO plans cancelled. So as far as I can tell, it is actually impossible to get "good insurance" (a PPO plan) here, as an individual.
- angersock 11y agoAm in Texas, will attest to this.
- jasonlotito 11y ago> If you have good insurance, I can't imagine the US not being top of the heap. None of my comments assume private insurance unless otherwise stated.
- jsight 11y agoIf it wasn't private insurance, what did you use?
- Fomite 11y agoKeep in mind many of the statistics you posted - healthy lives, health equity, access to care, etc. are extremely important on a population health level (says the Epidemiologist...) but not necessarily for any particular individual, especially one with the money to spend.